![]() ![]() Gully Foyle of the Presteign-owned merchant spaceship Nomad-an uneducated, unskilled, unambitious man whose life is at a dead end-is marooned in space when the ship is attacked and he alone survives. It tells the story of Gulliver ("Gully") Foyle, driven by, and transformed by, a thirst for vengeance.Īt the time when the book is set, "jaunting"-personal teleportation-has so upset the social and economic balance that the Inner Planets are at war with the Outer Satellites. In the 24th or 25th century (depending on the edition of the book), humans have colonized the Solar System and also learned to teleport (although not through outer space itself). The novel was both widely criticized and praised when it first appeared, but now is appreciated as a classic work in its own right, and as a prescient forerunner of the cyberpunk literary genre. It would prove to be Bester's last novel for 19 years. A working title was Hell's My Destination the book was also associated with the name The Burning Spear. It was subsequently serialized in the American Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in four parts, beginning in October 1956. The book remains widely known under that title in the markets in which this edition was circulated. ![]() Its first publication was in book form in June 1956 in the United Kingdom, where it was titled Tiger! Tiger!, named after William Blake's 1794 poem " The Tyger", the first verse of which is printed as the first page of the novel. ![]() The Stars My Destination is a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester. The first installment of The Stars My Destination was cover-featured on the October 1956 issue of Galaxy. ![]()
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